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The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey
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Indian Pundits Rally In Support Of Europe's Anti - Migrant Sentimen
10 mins; July 19, 2023
Autocrats Shift Gears By Exporting Repression Of Freedoms
9 mins; July 16, 2023
Qatar America’s Best Friend In The Gulf
10 mins; July 12, 2023
French Rioters And Palestinian Gunmen Send Similar Messages
9 mins; July 09, 2023
A Successful Saudi Sports Blitz Takes More Than Money
10 mins; July 04, 2023
China And Others Grapple With Understanding What The Wagner Group Revolt Means
10 mins; July 01, 2023
The US Lacks Credibility, But All Is Not Lost
10 mins; June 27, 2023
Modi's US Visit Spotlights America's Policy Choices
9 mins; June 22, 2023
For Indonesia, Sports Diplomacy Is A Double - Edged Sword
9 mins; June 19, 2023
LGBTQ Emerges As A Litmus Test For Limits Of Saudi Reforms
8 mins; June 15, 2023
Rebalancing US - Saudi Relations
13 mins; June 12, 2023
Saudi Arabia’s High - Profile Sports Blitz Is Off To A Mixed Start
10 mins; June 08, 2023
Gulf Support For Turkey’s Erdogan Is About More Than Economics
13 mins; June 05, 2023
Gulf States Test The Boundaries Of Their Agency
9 mins; June 02, 2023
Shiites, Not Jews, Emerge As A Touchstone Of Saudi Moderation
10 mins; May 28, 2023
Culture Wars Bubble Under Arab Surfaces
9 mins; May 23, 2023
Are Muslim religious conservatism and political Islam making a comeback?
14 mins; May 18, 2023
Sudan Tests The Limits Of Middle Eastern De - Escalation.
11 mins; May 14, 2023
Middle Eastern Rivalries Are Alive And Kicking Despite De - Escalation
13 mins; May 11, 2023
Is Central Asia And The Caucasus The Indo - Pacific’s Next Stop
10 mins; May 08, 2023
Syrian President Al - Assad Plays A Strong Hand In Diplomatic Poker
9 mins; May 04, 2023
Shaping A 21st - Century World Order The Nation - State Vs The Civilizational State
10 mins; April 30, 2023
The Qatar World Cup Has Come And Gone, But The Debate Continues.
56 mins; April 26, 2023
Anglican Schism Is Not Just About Theology. It’s About Geopolitics Too
10 mins; April 24, 2023
In The Black Hole - James M. Dorsey On The Battle For The Soul Of Islam
89 hours 8 mins; April 20, 2023
Confronting Problematic Tenets Of Religious Law - Judaism Could Follow Islam
28 mins; April 17, 2023
Religion Inspired The Nation - State, But Politics Made The Difference
10 mins; April 12, 2023
Sports Are A Potential Bellwether Of How Middle Eastern States Manage Their Differences
12 mins; April 10, 2023
The Fallacy Of A US Withdrawal From The Middle East
11 mins; April 07, 2023
Putting Hindu Nationalists On The Spot
12 mins; April 04, 2023
A Battle For The Soul Of Islam Plays Out In A Bahrain Courtroom
9 mins; April 02, 2023
Reforming Islamic Jurisprudence Shapes The Battle To Define Moderate Islam
19 mins; March 31, 2023
Unleashing An Iranian Tiger
9 mins; March 29, 2023
Today Jihadists Focus On Africa And Afghanistan, But They Also Eye China And Russia
21 mins; March 28, 2023
Bali Governor Puts Indonesia On The Spot
11 mins; March 24, 2023
Arab Plan For Syria Puts US And Europe In A Bind
10 mins; March 22, 2023
China’s Saudi Iranian Mediation Spotlights Flawed Regional Security Policies
11 mins; March 19, 2023
Saudi Sports Blitz Encounters Headwinds
10 mins; March 18, 2023
Saudi Iranian Détente Potentially Sparks Paradigm Shifts
12 mins; March 16, 2023
Debates About Islamic Reform Loom Larger As Ramadan Approaches
14 mins; March 13, 2023
Saudi Crown Prince Balances On Saudi - US - Israeli Tightrope
12 mins; March 10, 2023
Iran Upgrades Perceptions Of Saudi Threat
9 mins; March 07, 2023
Bahrain Prosecutes Religious Reformers Traditionalists Fight Back
9 mins; March 04, 2023
A US Trump Card In Gulf Geopolitics Capacity - Enhancing Security Cooperation
16 mins; March 01, 2023
Saudi Sports Strategy Challenges Global Sports Governors And Activists Alike
19 mins; February 24, 2023
UAE's Mastery Of Playing Both Sides Against The Middle Has Its Limits
10 mins; February 21, 2023
Hindu - Muslim Dialogue Progresses Cautiously
41 mins; February 17, 2023
Saudi Columnists Bolster Calls For Reform Of Muslim Religious Law
14 mins; February 13, 2023
India Could Be This Decade’s China
12 mins; February 11, 2023
Who Are Genuine Muslim Moderates Separating The Wheat From The Chafe
12 mins; February 07, 2023
Protest In Iran A Middle Eastern Déjà Vu With A Twist Of Irony
10 mins; February 05, 2023
Israelis And Palestinians Do What They Do Best, But For The Wrong Reasons
12 mins; February 03, 2023
Shaping A 21st - Century World Order Amounts To A Patchwork
8 mins; January 31, 2023
‘Saudi First’ Aid Policy Marries Geopolitics With Economics
14 mins; January 28, 2023
Stepping Back From The Abyss A Conversation With Indian Muslim Thinker A. Faizur Rahman
66 hours 30 mins; January 24, 2023
To Engage Or Not Engage. Hindus And Muslims Suss Each Other Out
23 mins; January 20, 2023
Neither Saudi Arabia Nor Market Concerns Dent Dubai’s Real Estate Market
8 mins; January 15, 2023
For The UAE And Others, Its Business As Usual With Israel
10 mins; January 10, 2023
Saudi Arabia Milks Ronaldo, For What It’s Worth
8 mins; January 07, 2023
Challenging China Turkey Walks A Fine Line On Repressed Uighurs
10 mins; January 04, 2023
Ronaldo’s Move To Saudi Arabia - A Game Of One - Upmanship
9 mins; January 01, 2023
Getting It Right A Post - Qatar Roadmap For Activists
10 mins; December 27, 2022
Changing Paradigms Israel’s Far - Right Meets Christian Nationalists
59 mins; December 24, 2022
Qatar Was Just The Beginning As The Middle East Eyes Conquering Asian Sports
13 mins; December 21, 2022
Throwing Darts - Indonesian Call For Religious Reform Challenges Muslim Autocracy
10 mins; December 18, 2022
Off The Pitch, Morocco Emerges A Winner In The World Cup
12 mins; December 15, 2022
A Curious Courtship Rival Muslims Woo Hindu Nationalists
12 mins; December 11, 2022
Scoring An Own Goal - US Middle East Policy Misses The Plank
8 mins; December 09, 2022
When Mr. Xi Comes To Town
11 mins; December 07, 2022
Qatar Punctures FIFA’s Political Fantasy
9 mins; December 06, 2022
Hungary’s Victor Orban Uses Soccer To Project Greater Hungary And Racial Exclusivism
9 mins; December 02, 2022
Protest Emerges As A Mixed Blessing For World Cup Host Qatar
10 mins; November 28, 2022
The Qatar World Cup Soccer Upsets, Politics, And Sensitive Situations
13 mins; November 24, 2022
Behind Lofty Declarations, Major Muslim And Hindu Groups Compete For Power
12 mins; November 21, 2022
US Slow Walks Punitive Measure Against Saudi Arabia As Regional Tension Spills Into Qatar World Cup
11 mins; November 18, 2022
FIFA Uncovered A Discussion With Filmmaker Miles Coleman About His New Netflix documentary
68 hours 46 mins; November 12, 2022
Ukraine War Offers China Opportunity Fraught With Pitfalls
26 mins; November 09, 2022
Maneuvering Minefields China’s Xi Contemplates Visiting Saudi Arabia
9 mins; November 05, 2022
The Group of 20’s Religion Forum: How much is too much balancing? A conversation with Ahmet Kuru
54 mins; October 31, 2022
Christian Nationalism A Threat To Israeli National Security 1
13 mins; October 29, 2022
The Qatar World Cup - Footballing For Soft Power
17 mins; October 26, 2022
Footballing For Soft Power - A Conversation With James Corbett
53 mins; October 23, 2022
The 2022 World Cup - Qatar's Make - Or - Break Moment
53 mins; October 18, 2022
Indonesian Muslims Gamble On Problematic Ties To Saudi Government Vehicle
11 mins; October 14, 2022
The World Cup A Mixed Blessing For Qatari Soft Power
31 mins; October 12, 2022
The Geopolitical Minefields Of A Turkic World
10 mins; October 08, 2022
Betting On The Wrong Horse The Battle To Define Moderate Islam
14 mins; October 05, 2022
Saudi Crown Prince Shifts Into High Gear On Multiple Fronts
14 mins; October 02, 2022
Muslim Piety In Southeast Asia Mirrors Increased Religious Traditionalism In The Middle East
10 mins; September 28, 2022
Public Opinion Surveys Challenge The Image Arab Leaders Like To Project
10 mins; September 24, 2022
Debating Religion’s Role In Infusing Politics With Values, Morals, And Ethics
47 mins; September 23, 2022
Creating Building Blocks For Cooperative Security In The Middle East
10 mins; September 21, 2022
Returning Morals And Ethics To Domestic And Foreign Policymaking
33 mins; September 16, 2022
Indonesia’s G 20 Chairmanship Balancing On A Diplomatic Tightrope
10 mins; September 12, 2022
Putin Makes Civilisationalism Fashionable, Dugin Puts Flesh On Its Skeleton
10 mins; September 09, 2022
In Turkey, Zero Problems With Neighbours Mean Multiple Problems
9 mins; September 06, 2022
Gulf Security In Peril With And Without A Revived Iran Nuclear Accord
16 mins; September 02, 2022
Qatar World Cup: An Unintended Boon For The UAE
9 mins; August 30, 2022
Revival Of Iran Nuclear Agreement Likely To Test Middle Eastern Detente
11 mins; August 27, 2022
Turkish Attempt To Reconcile With Assad Resembles Pulling A Rabbit Out Of A Hat
9 mins; August 23, 2022
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